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  • Night Watch

  • Discworld, Book 29
  • By: Terry Pratchett
  • Narrated by: Tony Robinson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (175 ratings)

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Night Watch

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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Summary

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck.

Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper, and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. But there's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future.

Here is a Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen, and other children of the revolution. Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg!

Please note: This is the abridged edition. An unabridged version is also available.

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P) Corgi Audio
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Critic reviews

"The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. Until next time." (SFX)

"The author's talent for comedy does not falter as he continues to set the standard for comic fantasy." (Library Journal)

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time travel gets a twist

love this story one of my favourites, a short journey through time into the life of guards in the city watch.

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love this book

absolute classic and loved listen to every minute of it. a must for all! Brilliant

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A wonderful abridged version. Great audiobook.

Tony Robinson does a fantastic job of narrating my favourite of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Hearing a single line is enough to take me back to my childhood staying up late to keep listening. The only pause for thought is one or two odd moments where the abridging of the story removes a subplot of the novel that provides some tidbit of context for what's going on. I don't feel that it detracts from the experience.

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Great Story - shame it's abridged

As a huge Terry Pratchett fan I can't help but love any of his work and for me Tony Robinson is by far the best narrator of the Discworld series available on Audible. The problem is that all the books he reads are abridged.
As a rule I hate abridged versions of anything as I believe that if the author wrote it , then the editors should leave it alone; however Tony Robinson's brilliant performance almost makes up for the lost copy.
Definitely worth a listen but please, please ,PLEASE get Tony to do some full length books.

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Night Watch

I have read a number of Terry Pratchett and now I use Audible I have enjoyed all of his books

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Great listing, no surprise.

Another thrilling installment of city watch shenanigans. Well narrated by Tony Robinson. looking forward to the next book

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Another good read!

Most Sir Terry fans have their favourite themed novels, and I have to say that, whilst liking the wiches, Death and the urban themes, I am first and foremost a City Watch fan. This book is devoted primarily to Vimes, and in it Pratchett explores some really interesting and thoughtful ideas about time and the nature of how we form personality, whilst including a brilliant plot twist (or seven), some cracking action scenes and shedloads of humour. It's really a loving insight into the archetypal hard-bitten cop, who we've seen grow from hopeless but idealist drunken wastrel to happily married bloke and father-to-be. It's probably my favourite Discworld book. And then came Thud!

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Love The Watch books

I love this book, it's amazing with Tony Robinson reading, the voices are great.

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match made in heaven

Tony Robinson reading Pratchett , couldn't be better . They were made for each other .

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A Masterclass in Dramartic Tension

Sam Vimes is my favourite Discworld character, so this is a real treat for me, a Vines book that not only gives us present day Sam, but also an insight into his past and his journey towards being a good copper.



In pursuit of the thug Carser, Vimes runs into a magical accident that plunges both him and his quarry back into Ankh Morpork's shady past, before Vetinari's iron grip cleaned up the city's act, when the City Watch was ineffective and frequently on the make. There Young Sam is under the somewhat dubious tutelage of watchmen the like of Nobby Nobbs, learning how to be a bent copper.



Vimes remembers his mentor, John Keel, the man who taught him what policing was all about - the only trouble is that due to the same magical accident, Keel is dead and Vimes must take his place and his identity, teaching his younger self while trying not to get either of them killed. There's major unrest in the city; revolution is close at hand with the outraged population ranged against a mad ruler and to make ythings worse Carser has insinuated himself into the ranks of the ruthless Unmentionables, the not-so-secret police). Only Keel and the ordinary coppers of the Night Watch, trapped between the two factions, can avert pitched battle and gory bloodshed.



Will VImes as Keel succeed in preventing needless slaughter, teach his younger self enough to survive and get back to hs own time with Carser in handcuffs, or does Vimes own future end in his own past? For, you see, Vimes knows what young Sam does not, John Keel dies in the riots.



This book is a masterclass in how to stretch dramtic tension almost to breaking point before letting the reader breathe again. I was genuinely afraid for Vimes, wondering if it was time to Pratchett to write him out of the series. I think this is Pratchett's finest book.

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